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Swansea City 2 Cardiff City 3 – Under 18 Professional Development League

Desperately disappointing conclusion to tonight’s match with our neighbours. We gave up a 2-0 lead to succumb at the last to lose 3-2. Having completely disrupted our pattern in the 2nd half, Cardiff deserved it, overcoming a 10-man Swansea side that lost its way after half-time. We fielded what seemed a very decent starting XI …

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Swansea City 3 Newport County 2 – Under 17 Professional Development League Cup

This is a new age grade competition for us and the fixture was not terribly well publicised. We got through tonight’s tie with Newport 3-2 under the lights at Landore, but it was something of a scruffy battle after a confident start. The team was a mixture of qualifying U18 and U16 players, all of …

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Swansea City v Wigan Athletic - Under 18 Professional Development League - JOMA High Performance Centre, Landore, Swansea, Wales, UK.

Swansea City 1 Wigan Athletic 2 – Under 18 Professional Development League

Our U18 gave it a good shot in the 2nd half, but couldn’t quite recover the damage done before the interval, ultimately losing 2-1 to an adventurous Wigan side. We were missing a number of players and the opening formation had a very light look about it, particularly in midfield. We operated 4-5-1, with just …

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Luke Williams after West Brom defeat

Williams hails big win and performance from his team

Luke Williams praised Swansea City’s “big win and performance” after a hard-earned 1-0 victory over Norwich City at the Swansea.com Stadium. An early own goal from Amankwah Forson settled the contest in SA1, as the Swans battled through a tightly contested and entertaining match to secure the three points. The home side created several chances …

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